Today's guest is Adnan Ahmed, Chief Information Security Officer and head of ICT at Ornua. Ornua are Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide. Adnan has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry ranging from application development, solutions architect and design, building and implementing security operations.

In this episode, Adnan shares his insights on Protecting Manufacturing Sites from Cyber Attacks. Operational Technology and manufacturing sites present a unique challenge for SOC teams and failing to take proactive security measures could affect production and major financial losses. Adnan discusses these challenges as well ways to detect and mitigate complex cyber-attacks.

In the show, Adnan will also tell you about:

How he got into the world of Cybersecurity,

The interesting work he is doing with Ornua,

Differences and crossovers within IT/OT solutions in Cybersecurity,

Challenges in converging IT and OT Cybersecurity together,

Key points of advice when creating OT Security within your business,

and Improving Cybersecurity in the Manufacturing industry

Cybersecurity Series E04: Protecting Manufacturing sites from Cybersecurity Attacks with Adnan Ahmed, Ornua